Table 1 Distribution of intimate partner violence justification across the explanatory variables
Variable | Weighted | IPV Justification | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percentage | Yes | P-value | |
Exposed to interparental violence | 0.014 | |||
 No | 1474 | 51.9 | 68.9 [65.4, 72.1] | |
 Yes | 1365 | 48.1 | 74.4 [71.1, 77.4] | |
Women’s age (years) | (Mean = 32.5;SD = 7.90) |  |  | |
Women’s age | 0.039 | |||
 15–24 | 581 | 20.5 | 78.7 [7.19, 84.2] | |
 25–34 | 1148 | 40.4 | 71.3 [67.2, 75.0] | |
 35–49 | 1110 | 39.1 | 68.0 [63.3, 72.4] | |
Women’s educational level | 0.523 | |||
 No education | 760 | 26.8 | 70.8 [65.2, 75.8] | |
 Primary | 1431 | 50.4 | 72.7 [69.4, 75.9] | |
 Secondary or higher | 648 | 22.8 | 69.7 [65.5, 73.5] | |
Marital status | 0.112 | |||
 Married | 2311 | 81.4 | 70.7 [67.8, 73.4] |  |
 Cohabiting | 528 | 18.6 | 75.3 [70.2, 79.8] |  |
Current working status | 0.739 | |||
 No | 1912 | 67.3 | 71.8 [68.8, 74.7] |  |
 Yes | 927 | 32.7 | 70.9 [66.2, 75.2] |  |
Parity | 0.052 | |||
 Zero birth | 241 | 8.5 | 79.8 [72.8, 85.4] | |
 1 birth | 500 | 17.6 | 75.4 [67.7, 81.7] | |
 2 births | 476 | 16.8 | 73.7 [67.4, 79.2] | |
 3 births | 471 | 16.6 | 72.0 [66.8, 76.7] | |
 4 or more births | 1151 | 40.5 | 67.0 [62.2, 71.5] | |
Exposure to mass media | 0.067 | |||
 None | 1519 | 53.5 | 69.2 [65.8, 72.4] | |
 One | 545 | 19.2 | 75.5 [70.1, 80.2] | |
 Two or more | 775 | 27.3 | 73.3 [69.2, 77.0] | |
Partner's educational level | 0.296 | |||
 No education | 561 | 19.8 | 67.8 [61.2, 73.8] | |
 Primary | 1309 | 46.1 | 72.2 [68.6, 75.4] | |
 Secondary or higher | 969 | 34.1 | 72.8 [69.3, 76.0] | |
Partner's age | 0.005 | |||
 15–24 | 180 | 6.3 | 86.1 [78.7, 91.2] | |
 25–34 | 1042 | 36.7 | 70.5 [65.3, 75.2] | |
 35–44 | 994 | 35.0 | 73.8 [69.5, 77.8] | |
 45 +  | 623 | 21.9 | 65.3 [60.2, 70.0] | |
Wealth index | 0.908 | |||
 Poorest | 575 | 20.3 | 70.4 [64.6, 75.7] | |
 Poorer | 558 | 19.7 | 71.3 [65.3, 76.6] | |
 Middle | 617 | 21.7 | 70.7 [66.0, 75.1] | |
 Richer | 560 | 19.7 | 71.7 [66.5, 76.5] | |
 Richest | 529 | 18.6 | 73.6 [69.2, 77.6] | |
Place of residence | 0.931 | |||
 Urban | 287 | 10.1 | 71.7 [66.6, 76.4] | |
 Rural | 2552 | 89.9 | 71.5 [68.8, 74.1] | |
Region |  < 0.001 | |||
 Southern Region | 509 | 17.9 | 61.2 [56.6, 65.6] | |
 Highlands Region | 1021 | 36.0 | 75.0 [70.3, 79.2] | |
 Momase Region | 861 | 30.3 | 74.9 [70.6, 78.8] | |
 Islands Region | 448 | 15.8 | 68.8 [62.5, 74.5] | |
Community literacy level | 0.712 | |||
 Low | 1342 | 47.3 | 71.2 [67.0, 75.0] | |
 Medium | 784 | 27.6 | 73.0 [68.5, 77.2] | |
 High | 713 | 25.1 | 70.5 [66.1, 74.5] | |
Community socioeconomic status | 0.575 | |||
 Low | 1718 | 60.5 | 70.6 [67.3, 73.6] | |
 Medium | 253 | 8.9 | 75.1 [64.6, 83.3] | |
 High | 868 | 30.6 | 72.4 [68.2, 76.2] | |